EWB-Chesapeake

Photos from November wastewater workshop

Brian — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:56:23 +0000

This is a little after the fact, but on Nov. 5, 2011, the Chesapeake EWB chapter hosted a successful wastewater technologies workshop. Photos of the event can be seen here and here. Thanks to Sebastian Smoot and Dirk Bouma for the photos!

Kickball Tournament Postponed

Brian — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:34:04 +0000

I apologize for the short notice, but due to numerous factors the 2nd annual kickball tournament that was planned for this weekend has been postponed until next Spring. We are looking forward to seeing everyone then.

August Chapter Meeting

Brian — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:17:24 +0000

The August general chapter meeting will be held on Monday August 8th at 7pm at Howard Community College. We are still in the process of reserving a room so we will meet in the large area as you enter from the parking garage. Please see the link below for directions. Hope to see everyone there.

http://www.howardcc.edu/about_hcc/getting_around/campus_locations/location.html

Professional Mentor needed at UDel

Brian — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:43:18 +0000

The students at the University of Delaware are seeking a professional mentor for their project in Guatemala. Please see the email included below for more details. If you would like to help, contact Dhara Amin at ewb.udel@gmail.com.

Email from Dhara:

I am the project manager of the Guatemala Bridge Project at the University of Delaware. We started our project in 2008 in the village of San Jose Petacalapa. The community was having trouble getting to their crops during the rainy season because the river that divides their village would overflow. So our chapter, agreed with the community to build a bridge over that river to help increase crop yields for the community. Currently, we have a bridge design. It is a concrete t-beam bridge: one lane, and 60″ span. We need professional help for the implementation of the bridge. We need help in country to build this bridge efficiently. We would ideally want professional engineers experienced with bridges, construction, and even Spanish. But we know this is difficult so even any professional mentor with experience will help a lot.

Our current Professional Mentor is moving to Columbia so he will not be apart of the project anymore. Also, when we approached another EWB chapter in Wisconsin that did a bridge with a 60″ span in Guatemala, they said that they had help of a professional chapter. I know that you maybe occupied with other projects from other schools, but if you could offer any help with professional mentors that would be great. Also their expenses would be covered when going and we plan on implementing in January.

Thank you for your time and please email me with any questions,

Dhara Amin

Kickball Tournament – Kickball Without Borders 2011

phlavinka — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:27:06 +0000

Hold the date: September 10, 2011.

Our 2nd KICKBALL WITHOUT BORDERS Tournament is being planned.

Click here for a flyer of the event Kickball_Flyer

Co-Chairs (Ed Elder and Jennifer Liu) are now accepting team entries. They are also looking for those interested in being involved as a volunteer. To contact them email “vice-president@chesapeakeewb.org“.

We are looking forward to another fun filled day!

Survey workshop photos

Brian — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:20:14 +0000

Sorry for the long time lag between the event and the photos, but pictures from our March surveying workshop are now online. Anyone interested can go to our Past Events page to see more details. Many thanks go to Sebastian, Paul, J.D., Carlos, James and to all the other organizers and teachers who made the event possible. And many thanks also go to ACE Services for their sponsorship of the event.

EWB-CPC at Recent CWEA Stormwater Seminar

Brian — Sun, 22 May 2011 04:00:33 +0000

Our new chapter secretary David Leslie attended the CWEA Stormwater Seminar on May 17 on behalf of our chapter. While there he answered questions from over 150 attendees about how to become more involved with EWB.

Successful Hometown Fundraiser

Brian — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:04:06 +0000

Here’s a good example of how family and friends can help benefit to our project in El Toro, Argentina. Members of our current VP’s (Paul Hlavinka) family organized a successful rummage sale at the United Church of Christ in Traill County, North Dakota. This fundraiser brought in over $500 for our project! Our chapter would like to sincerely thank Mrs. Hlavinka and the members of the United Church of Christ for all of their efforts. Please see the attached scan of the local newspaper article for more details.

March Meeting

Brian — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:53:14 +0000

Tuesday’s meeting will be at Howard Community College, Columbia, room ST 222 at 7:30 pm. The campus map can be accessed through the following link:

http://www.howardcc.edu/about_hcc/getting_around/maps_and_directions/index.html

The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting will be:

Introductions – Teresa/Jared
Argentina Project – Guillermo
Member Banquet – Jennifer / Ilana
Training update – Sebastian
- Surveying
- Next?
Fundraising – Conn / Paul
- Kickball
- TriCon
- Jean Day
- UMD Request – Golf
Nominations

Hope to see you all there!

UMCP Brazil Project in need of Professional Mentors

Brian — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:21:27 +0000

The University of MD, College Park Chapter of EWB-USA Brazil Project Team is in need of a professional mentor (or mentors!) to assist with the design and implementation of a potable water system to supply a school of approximately 110 students on Ilha das Peças, Brazil. The project is currently in the design phase and the team is hoping to travel with a professional mentor in summer of this year for the first stage of project implementation.

A detailed project description can be found here:
http://www.ewb.umd.edu/projects/brazil-2010 .

A mentor with a background in potable water treatment and conveyance would be very helpful; PE license is a plus but not mandatory. (If you are unable to travel, the team would still be very glad to have local design assistance.) If you are interested in helping out or would like to learn more, please email Project Leader Alex Ferrufino at ferru.ale@gmail.com and Chapter Advisor Dr. David Lovell at lovell@umd.edu.